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Commercial Spent Nuclear Fuel: Observations on the Key Attributes and Challenges of Storage and Disposal Options (open access)

Commercial Spent Nuclear Fuel: Observations on the Key Attributes and Challenges of Storage and Disposal Options

Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "In November 2009, GAO reported on the attributes and challenges of a Yucca Mountain repository. A key attribute identified was that the Department of Energy (DOE) had spent significant resources to carry out design, engineering, and testing activities on the Yucca Mountain site and had completed a license application and submitted it to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, which has regulatory authority over the construction, operation, and closure of a repository. If the repository had been built as planned, GAO concluded that it would have provided a permanent solution for the nation's commercial nuclear fuel and other nuclear waste and minimized the uncertainty of future waste safety. Constructing the repository also could have helped address issues including federal liabilities resulting from industry lawsuits against DOE related to continued storage of spent nuclear fuel at reactor sites. However, not having the support of the administration and the state of Nevada proved a key challenge. As GAO reported in April 2011, DOE officials did not cite technical or safety issues with the Yucca Mountain repository project when the project's termination was announced but instead stated that other solutions could achieve broader …
Date: April 11, 2013
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Federal Government's Long-Term Fiscal Outlook: Spring 2013 Update (open access)

The Federal Government's Long-Term Fiscal Outlook: Spring 2013 Update

Other written product issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Since 1992, GAO has published long-term fiscal simulations showing federal deficits and debt under different sets of policy assumptions."
Date: April 11, 2013
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Bill Smith, April 11, 2013 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Bill Smith, April 11, 2013

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents and interview Bill Smith. Smith went into the Army in February 1942. After basic training, Smith was shipped to Australia with the 440th Signal Construction Battalion and they built telephone lines. From there, he went to Port Moresby, still building communications infrastructure. When the invasion of the Philippines occurred, Smith went to Luzon and continued with the 440th. He also went to Okinawa with them. When the war ended, Smith went home and was discharged in late 1945.
Date: April 11, 2013
Creator: Smith, Bill
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Ignacio Lopez, April 11, 2013 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Ignacio Lopez, April 11, 2013

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Ignacio Lopez. Lopez was drafted into the Army in 1943 and made a company clerk at New Caldonia because he could type. His unit evetually joined the 24th Infantry Division in the Philippines. He also went to Japan after the war ended. He returned to the US and was discharged at Fort Sam Houston, whereupon he took a civilian job operating IBM machines.
Date: April 11, 2013
Creator: Lopez, Ignacio
System: The Portal to Texas History